Hadith 151

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by Abu Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Quteyba, from great scholars from the adversaries and historian in the famour history, from Abu Ufeyr, from Abu Awn, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Ansari, story of Al Saqeefa, with its length, approximate to what is reported by Abu Al Hadeed, from the book ‘Al Saqeefa’, except that he said, ‘Position of Bashir Bin Sa’ad Qays Bin Sa’ad’ – and he continued the speech up to his words, ‘When they both, meaning Abu Ubeyda and Umar, went to pledge allegiance to him (Abu Bakr), they were preceded to it by Qays Bin Sa’ad, and he pledged allegiance to him. Al-Hubab Bin Al Munzir called out, ‘O Qays Bin Sa’ad! Detach your bitterness! You are not desperate to what you have done (except) out of envy to son of your uncle upon the rulership’. He said, ‘No, but I disliked to dispute a people of a right which is for them’. When (the tribe of) Al Aws saw what Qays had done, and he was a chief of (the tribe of) Al-Khazraj, and what Quraysh had been called to, and what Al-Khazraj had sought from the rulership of Sa’ad, they said to each other, and among them was Useyd Bin Huzeyr, ‘By Allah-azwj! If they were to make Sa’ad in charge upon you, that would not cease to be for them as the merit upon you, nor will they ever make a share to be for you in it. Arise and pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr’. They stood up to him and pledged allegiance to him. Al-Hubab stood up to his sword and grabbed it. They rushed towards him and seized his sword and he went on to hit their faces with his cloth until they were free from the allegiance. He said, ‘You are doing it, O community of the Helpers! But, by Allah-azwj, it is as if I am with your sons at the doors of their sons, having paused to ask them with their palms, but they are not quenching them the water’. And he continued the Hadeeth up to his words, ‘Sa’ad Bin Ubada said, ‘But, if only there was for me what I could be strengthened with upon the getting up, I would have made hear its horizons and its markets a road, expelling you and your companions, you would join up with the people you used to be among them, following not followed, sluggish without might’. Then he mentioned that Sa’ad did not pledge allegiance, and he was neither praying with their Salat, nor gather with their gatherings, nor departing (for Hajj) with their departure, and had he found supporters against them, he would have attacked with them, and if anyone had followed him upon fighting against them, he would have fought them. He did not cease to be like that until Abu Bakr died, and Umar became ruler. He went out to Syria and died at it, and did not pledge allegiance to anyone’. Then he mentioned the refusal of the Clan of Hashim-asws from the allegiance, and their gathering to Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and that Umar went with a group to them, and al Zubeyr came out to them with his sword’ – and continued what has passed in the report of Al-Jowhary, up to he said –
Then Ali-asws was brought to Abu Bakr, and he-asws was saying: ‘I-asws am a servant of Allah-azwj and brother-asws of His-azwj Rasool-saww’. It was said to him-asws, ‘Pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr! ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws am more rightful with this command than you are. I-asws will not pledge allegiance to you, and you are foremost with pledging allegiance to me-asws. You seized this command from the Helpers and argued against them by the kinship from the Prophet-saww, and you seized it from us-asws,